Etymology

radif

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Today it means: The word which must end both lines of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets in a Persian, Turkic or Urdu ghazal. Full definition →

Classical Persian رَدِیف ← Arabic رَدِيف
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  1. Arabic · derived fromرَدِيف
  2. Classical Persian · borrowed fromرَدِیف
  3. English todayradif

From Classical Persian رَدِیف (radīf), from Arabic رَدِيف (radīf).

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